New video shorts
After strong encouragement from one of my nephews, I am beginning to experiment with the use of video shorts. I have used video for a long time as a means of sharing my approach to campaigning, but I am intrigued …
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I want you to fail in your campaigning!
The ski resort of Borovets in Bulgaria several years ago was the scene for me of a very powerful experience in my work trying to support people to campaign for change. I had been in this beautiful location for several …
What to look for in a campaigner
Recently I’ve been doing some work for a charity tackling elements of child poverty in the north of England. It has been a fascinating piece of work so far as up until now they have focused on delivering a direct …
Reflections on campaigning across the globe
I am just back from Rome where I was facilitating a workshop for a global campaign, and this experience prompted me to reflect on the reality of trying to campaign across the globe. It was so good both to be …
Overcoming challenges to campaigning
Recently I was able to catch up with a former colleague of mine with whom I worked a lot in the past in Brussels, and he had recently secured a role running an NGO back in his home in Eastern …
Re-starting my regular blog for the Right Ethos
After a break of 10 years, I am delighted to have re-started my regular blog for the Right Ethos. My first such blog was inspired by a recent meeting with Nazek Ramadan, the inspirational director at Migrant Voice, when she …
A new focus for 2026!
As we enter 2026, I am excited to be in a position to promote my latest initiative! My latest initiative is to update my book Campaigning for Change, which I published back in 2017. This was my first attempt at …
First blog post in a while!
Back in January, I wrote that my busy schedule showed no signs of abating and that was certainly true. If anything, it almost became too busy and I tried to do too many things because I was so passionate to …
And into 2025!
2024 was a very busy year for me – from the last update in July, my full portfolio of interesting assignments continued – now taking me into 2025 and shows no signs, for now, of slowing down. My work for …
It’s been a while!
It has been a while since I last did a blog post on this site mainly because things have been somewhat busy for me! My work at the Detention Forum, a network of over 50 independent organisations working together to …